Conclusions about Mass Marketing - Is the quality of life getting better in the daily life of the average American? Explain your answer in paragraph form.
The Wage System
'The factory system differed significantly from the domestic system. Under the domestic system, workers had usually worked unsupervised in their homes. They turned over finished products, such as thread or cloth, perhaps once a week, and were paid for the number of items completed. In factories, instead of working on a product from beginning to end, each worker performed only a small part of the entire job. Under the factory system, dozens or hundreds of laborers worked in the same room under the watchful eyes of supervisors. Everyone was employed by the factory owners. The owners paid their workers wages based on the number of hours worked or the amount of goods produced. Several factors determined workers' wages. First and foremost, factory owners wanted to produce goods as cheaply as possible. Thus employers set wages in relation to other costs of production. For example, if the cost of land or capital increased, the owners lowered wages. In addition, the number of workers available affected wages. An oversupply of workers brought wages down. By the same token, wages often rose when there were not enough workers to do a particular job. Also, wages often depended on what people could expect to earn at other kinds of work. For example, early employers in textile factories wanted to attract young women as workers. Therefore they offered a wage higher than what women could earn as household servants. Wages, moreover, were higher for men than for women. For example, in cotton mills and the London clothing trades in Great Britain, men were paid as much as twice what women earned. It was generally thought that women went to work merely to add "a little something" to their family's income. In reality, however, a woman was sometimes the only wage earner for her family. Factory workers acquired skills and were paid accordingly. However, they had little else to show for their work. They did not own their tools or equipment, as domestic workers had. Furthermore, there were few opportunities for workers to advance within the factory.' Excerpt "The Human Journey" - Holt, Rinehart, Winston The Wage System Document
Answer the following in your groups 1. Why did the workers strike? 2. How did management react to the strike? 3. How did strikes usually end in this era(time period - 1890s)?
Chicago in late 1890s. Most of the city had burned during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and was now rebuilt. What does this city need to help improve the lives of Chicagoans (people who live in Chicago)?
The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City was a tragedy waiting to happen. Crowded conditions, a lack of workplace safety laws, negligent owners, and an ill-prepared fire department combined to create a scene of devastation. Most victims were immigrant girls, some as young as 15 or 16.
Turn of the 20th Century-Industrialization, Urbanization, Immigration, Political Corruption
Review Sheet 1 - IndustrializationEssential Questions....
Q1: What is the American dream?
Q2: Why did the United States become an industrial society after the Civil War?
Q3: Is progress always positive?
Q4: Is inequality justified in a capitalist system?
Q5: What is the appropriate role of government in our lives?
Examining the ideas of the American Dream
Edison Link
Topics: The Rise of Big Business & New Advances in Technology
Key terms & notable names for Rise of Industry:pp. 100-101 (or use Adam Smith Reading)
Economics
**Rockefeller!
Adam Smith: Laws of Laissez-Faire Economics
Adam Smith Vocabulary
Tiered Vocabulary
Rise of Corporation - Classroom Assignment
Rise of the Corporation - Use your Handout or p. 468 of text
(small business)
Reflection
John D. Rockefeller Bio Watch the video - Add 3-5 things into the left side of notes in a different color.
Birth of New Industries
John D. Rockefeller - Standard Oil
Andrew Carnegie - US Steel
Frayer Model: Capitalism - Use the text p. 467 & the reading (Adam Smith)to help you define & give characteristics,examples, non-examples
Who were they?
What did they do ?
Positive+
What did they do?
Negative-
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Cornelius Vanderbilt
JP Morgan
Vanderbilt's Summer Home Newport RI
Vanderbuilt's Summer Home - The Breakers - Music RoomPolitical Cartoon Analysis: John D. Rockefeller & Standard Oil Co.
What is Social Darwinism? How did Social Darwinism affect the rise of big business?
Explain your answer in a paragraph.
Selling the Product - Get the Gist p. 103
Creating a Product
Selling the Product in retail storesAdvertising the Product
Where can consumers buy your product?
- In urban areas (synonym for urban)
- In rural areas (synonym for rural)
Mass Marketing!Sears Catalog 1985
Sears, Roebuck & Co - Catalog Ad - Buy the Materials for your house! - Ship it to your town via RR
Conclusions about Mass Marketing - Is the quality of life getting better in the daily life of the average American? Explain your answer in paragraph form.
Working Conditions & Labor Movements
Use your "Anthem" text to create 2 column notes p. 473
Tiered Vocab
Factory Conditions in Urban Cities of Industry
Get the Gist
Excerpt: US Working Conditions
The Wage System
'The factory system differed significantly from the domestic system. Under the domestic system, workers had usually worked unsupervised in their homes. They turned over finished products, such as thread or cloth, perhaps once a week, and were paid for the number of items completed. In factories, instead of working on a product from beginning to end, each worker performed only a small part of the entire job. Under the factory system, dozens or hundreds of laborers worked in the same room under the watchful eyes of supervisors. Everyone was employed by the factory owners. The owners paid their workers wages based on the number of hours worked or the amount of goods produced. Several factors determined workers' wages. First and foremost, factory owners wanted to produce goods as cheaply as possible. Thus employers set wages in relation to other costs of production. For example, if the cost of land or capital increased, the owners lowered wages. In addition, the number of workers available affected wages. An oversupply of workers brought wages down. By the same token, wages often rose when there were not enough workers to do a particular job. Also, wages often depended on what people could expect to earn at other kinds of work. For example, early employers in textile factories wanted to attract young women as workers. Therefore they offered a wage higher than what women could earn as household servants. Wages, moreover, were higher for men than for women. For example, in cotton mills and the London clothing trades in Great Britain, men were paid as much as twice what women earned. It was generally thought that women went to work merely to add "a little something" to their family's income. In reality, however, a woman was sometimes the only wage earner for her family. Factory workers acquired skills and were paid accordingly. However, they had little else to show for their work. They did not own their tools or equipment, as domestic workers had. Furthermore, there were few opportunities for workers to advance within the factory.'
Excerpt "The Human Journey" - Holt, Rinehart, Winston
The Wage System Document
Answer the following in your groups
1. Why did the workers strike?
2. How did management react to the strike?
3. How did strikes usually end in this era(time period - 1890s)?
Chicago in late 1890s. Most of the city had burned during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and was now rebuilt. What does this city need to help improve the lives of Chicagoans (people who live in Chicago)?
Image Detective: Observations, Questions, Inferences
Advances in Transportation & Communication Reading
Chicago's "L" train or elevated.
Ford Motor Company
Class Differences - Turn of the 20th Century
Immigration
Push-Pull Factorsnew text - Push-Pull Factors
Reasons to reject immigrants - Ellis Island
Images of Trachoma
Old Immigrants
New Immigrants
colonies -
to original settlers
Ellis Island & Angel Island
comparison New Immigrants Q&A
Trace an ancestor's journey to the United States at Ellis Island
Nativism - What does that mean?
Primary Source Network - US Modern Times text
Tenement Museum
1879 - Thomas Nast - Nativist Cartoon #1
1896 - Frank Beard - Native Cartoon #2 -
Rise of Industry CEPA
Worksheet - CEPA
MRSHEALY'S PROJECT
RUBRIC
Mrs Healy's Slide Show 99 Restaurants
How am I doing? - Let's Critique my work...Peer Review Guidelines
Settlement House Movement vs. Social Darwinism
Guided Reading Social DarwinismShort clip - Social Darwinism
Hull House - Settlement House form New Immigrants
Political Corruption 1870-1890s
Political Machine - Boss Tweed & Tammany Hall - Conditions in New York City
Video: Tweed & Nast
Boss Tweed
Urban Working Conditions For Immigrants Meets Disaster - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
2nd video 24 minThe fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City was a tragedy waiting to happen. Crowded conditions, a lack of workplace safety laws, negligent owners, and an ill-prepared fire department combined to create a scene of devastation. Most victims were immigrant girls, some as young as 15 or 16.
PBS - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory FireTriangle Shirtwaist Fire - PBS 53 min
Triangle Fire - PBS.org
Discussion Guide for Triangle Fire
Titanic Traile
r - Society &
Technology beginning of 20th Century
Example - Catalog Order Form